Historical Novel

Paperback Books

Short Stories

Upcoming books

Esteban: The African Slave
Who Explored America

University of New Mexico Press has contracted with me to publish Esteban: The African Slave Who Explored America. This biography of Esteban will dispel the myths and deliberate deceptions that have belittled this sixteenth-century explorer's accomplishments and attacked his character.

Esteban, better known by his slave nickname of Estebanico, crossed the American continent in 1528–36 after surviving a disastrous Spanish invasion of Florida, and then he was the first person from the Old World to enter present-day Arizona and New Mexico in 1539.

Although the publisher might opt for a different cover, I have created a proposed cover for the book to the right, featuring a bust created by sculptor John Sherrill Houser. The book will be published in October 2018.

If you are interested in a no-obligation pre-order alert for when the book becomes available, you can send your email address to the author through the "Contact" tab for this website.

Short Stories
in the works"Shoot Me A Story" is about a war correspondent in the Vietnam War.
"A Second Chance on Indian Lands" is about an invasion of the U.S. near the year 2200.